1 6 FLORA OF WORCESTER COUNTY. 



discovery; I never expected to make out a grass in all my life, so 

 hurrah! It has done my stomach surprising good." Letter of 

 Charles Darwin to Sir J. D. Hooker, June 5, 1855. See "Life 

 and Letters of Charles Darwin," edited by Francis Darwin, vol. i, 

 p. 418. 



Milium (Tourn.) L. Millet Grass. 

 effusum L. 



Brookfield. Mr. R. M. Harper. 

 Oryzopsis Michx. Mountain Rice, 

 pungens (Torr.) Hitchc. 



West Boylston. Mr. T. E. N. Eaton, 

 asperifolia Michx. 



Mount Wachusett. 

 racemosa (Sm.) Ricker. 



Princeton. W. W. B. and J. F. C. 

 Stipa L. Feather Grass. 

 canadensis Poir. 



Mount Wachusett. Mr. T. E. N. Eaton. 

 Aristida L. Triple-awned Grass. 



dichotoma Michx. Poverty Grass. 



Dudley. Mr. R. M. Harper. 

 gracilis EU. 



Sturbridge. Mr. R. M. Harper. 

 Muhlenbergia Schreb. 



tenuiflora (Willd.) BSP. In rocky woods, common, 



sylvatica Torr. In copses, common. 



mexicana (L.) Trin. 



Princeton. W. W. B. and J. F. C. 

 racemosa (Michx.) BSP. 



Southbridge. Mr. L. E. Ammidown. 

 Schreberi J. F. Gmel. Dry hills, common. 



